Shaiann — girls' name
331 babies named Shaiann in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
331 girls have been named Shaiann since 1993, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2014.
- 331
- total births
- 1993–2014
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 51%
- born in that decade
51% of everyone ever named Shaiann was born in this single decade.
31 babies were named Shaiann in 1997 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shaiann
The Social Security Administration has registered 331 babies named Shaiann between 1993 and 2014, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shaiann currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 31 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shaiann performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 168 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Shaiann shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 16 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Shaiann in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shaiann in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 331 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Shaiann at a glance
Last recorded 2014Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shaiann popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–1993
- Peak year (1997)
- 31
- Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2014.
331 total births across 22 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1997 with 31 births in a single year.
Shaiann by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 168 births that decade — 51% of Shaiann's all-time total
Shaiann decade highlights
- Peak decade 168 births
- Runner-up 142 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Shaiann's strongest decade
168 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% of all-time use.
Shaiann by state
Where Shaiann concentrates geographically — total births since 1993
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 16 | 4.8% |
| #2 | New York | | 12 | 3.6% |
16 of 331 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 4.8% of nationwide
- New York 3.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 4.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1993–2014 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.